No Free Speech in France

Here you go -- freedom of speech denied, simply to appease Muslims who refuse to accept criticism like the rest of us are forced to do:

PARIS (AP) - Brigitte Bardot was convicted Tuesday of provoking discrimination and racial hatred for writing that Muslims are destroying France.

A Paris court also handed down a $23,325 fine against the former screen siren and animal rights campaigner. The court also ordered Bardot to pay $1,555 in damages to MRAP.

Bardot's lawyer, Francois-Xavier Kelidjian, said he would talk to her about the possibility of an appeal.

A leading French anti-racism group known as MRAP filed a lawsuit last year over a letter she sent to then-Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy. The remarks were published in her foundation's quarterly journal.

In the December 2006 letter to Sarkozy, now the president, Bardot said France is "tired of being led by the nose by this population that is destroying us, destroying our country by imposing its acts."

Bardot, 73, was referring to the Muslim feast of Aid el-Kebir, celebrated by slaughtering sheep.

French anti-racism laws prevent inciting hatred and discrimination on racial or religious or racial grounds. Bardot had been convicted four times previously for inciting racial hatred.

"She is tired of this type of proceedings," he said. "She has the impression that people want to silence her. She will not be silenced in her defense of animal rights."

So what gives? At least in France, I guess people are no longer allowed to express their opinions in letters to their nation's leaders.

I can't help but wonder if Bardot would have received the same punishment had she been speaking of Jews, Christians or any other religious group. ... Basically, it looks like one more example of people's rights being stripped away in order to appease Muslims, angered by anyone that dares to criticize them.

According to the story, "French anti-racism laws prevent inciting hatred and discrimination on racial or religious or racial grounds."

So, basically, in France, people who want to do things that offend others without being criticized for it need only make sure that they are all of the same race or religion, then no one can say anything about them without being labeled a racist.

Beautiful.

Although I suppose Bardot should be grateful, because when the Muslims take over and enforce sharia law, they'll simply kill people who speak against them.